The Blind in Darkness — Stephen Lewis

On the newly settled coast Of New England lay the town of Newbury. In a harsh land, its people lived a difficult life, where the truth was often clouded by suspicion and superstition. But when trouble struck, one woman would have the strength and courage to separate truth from lies ...

AN OLD NEW ENGLAND MYSTERY
Midwife Catherine Williams goes out one snowy afternoon to administer first aid to the eccentric owner of a neighboring farm. Days later, old man Powell is found dead--not from the wound Catherine tended, but from a killer's brutal work. And his young apprentice has disappeared. Suspicion instantly falls upon Massaquoit, Catherine's Indian servant. But the midwife knows that fear, ignorance, and old grudges--not evidence--lie behind the accusations. While Massaquoit sets out to prove his innocence in his own fashion, Catherine continues her rounds, gathering clues about the dark secrets--murderous and otherwise that simmer beneath Newbury's Puritan piety ...